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One of the most common questions I'm asked is "How can I contribute to Solid State Technology?" We try to make that an easy process – so the short answer is shoot me an e-mail ([email protected]) or give me a call (978-470-1806) – but I prepared this short guide as an overview of our various publications and the different ways to contribute.
First, a little about us: Solid State Technology is a trusted source of technology, product and market information on semiconductor manufacturing and packaging since 1958. Our coverage also includes growth and emerging electronics technologies and markets, including MEMS, LEDs, displays, power electronics and bio-medical devices.
How many people do we reach? Solid State Technology's magazine, email newsletters and website are seen by more than 273,000 engineering and management professionals in 181 countries each month—more than any other electronics manufacturing-focused media provider delivers. We provide news and product information on a daily basis in combination with in-depth technical articles, analysis and case studies.
Here's our line-up of publications:
Magazine: Leading-edge and strategic articles and commentary delivered eight times a year to 40,000 of the most qualified decision makers for semiconductor, packaging, MEMS, LED and display manufacturing worldwide, plus attendees of key conferences and trade shows;
Email Newsletters: Dedicated e-newsletters focus on each of these key market segments, with circulations ranging from 10,000 to 45,000 subscribers, and a daily roundup provides the latest news and product announcements across all of these industries;
Website: Dedicated channels on the www.solid-state.com site focus on our five key microelectronics manufacturing coverage areas—semiconductors, packaging, MEMS, LEDs and displays—providing news, technical articles, product updates, blogs, webcasts, podcasts, white papers, video, an extensive buyer's guide and much more;
Events: One of the key events of the year, The ConFab is an annual invitation-only conference that gathers the leaders who will determine the future of the industry. Check out www.theconfab.com for more info.
There are a number of ways in which you can work with Solid State Technology.
Feature Articles
Solid State Technology publishes feature-length articles in our magazine and on our website, and we do accept contributed articles. We welcome suggestions for articles of all types, including application stories and case studies; technical articles and reviews; and conference/trade-show reports.
Our typical article length is 1500-2000 words. We also publish opinion pieces in our Industry Forum column which are 600 words in length.
Please send us a short summary of the proposed content (100-150 words), so that we can discuss publishing options.
Please review our Editorial Policy and our guidelines for submitting material (see below).
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News items are published on a daily basis on our website (www.solid-state.com). News items are also included in our various newsletters and in the magazine. Send your press releases regarding news or new products to Shannon Davis, digital media editor ([email protected]).
For those interested in ongoing, regular contributed, a blog might be the way to go. Please send me the proposed title of the blog and what you intend to cover, and we can get the conversation started ([email protected]).
White Papers
White Papers are technical articles describing your company's products, their applications, and capabilities. These articles are published on our website at and promoted via our newsletters. Companies supply a PDF version of their article, which is posted on the Solid State Technology website. Readers sign in to download the PDF. Reader details are gathered and supplied to companies on a monthly basis, providing a useful lead generation tool. The paper is promoted to readers via our website and via our email newsletters.
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You can list your company's details in our online Buyer's Guide, which provides year-round 24/7 exposure on our website. Basic listings are FREE, and we also offer various paid-for options to enhance your company's profile Buyer's Guide: http://buyersguide.electroiq.com/search/index.html
Solid State Technology's Editorial Policy
We are happy to discuss all potential articles related to the manufacturing and packaging of semiconductors and other types of electronics, particularly MEMS, LEDs, displays and power electronics.
We publish technical articles, case studies, application notes, product information, business and financial news, and a wide variety of other information relevant to the industries we cover.
We are looking for original material that has not been published elsewhere (e.g. other trade publications or on the author's website), although material based on peer-reviewed journals or conference seminars is often acceptable.
Please do not submit articles where the primary purpose is to promote your company and its products. Readers do not respond well to such marketing pieces. We have many (paid-for) ways to help you put across your marketing message.
Typical articles could address a specific challenge or need within the industry, or look at the merits of using new process technology in a particular application, or discuss new standards, policies or collaborative projects.
Submitting proposals: The best first step is to send me a short 100-150 word summary of the proposed article. Although we publish a limited Editorial Calendar in our Media Planner, we are happy to discuss all subject matter, whether or not it appears on the Calendar.
Timelines: We work around 3 months ahead of publication. Submission deadlines are 3 weeks prior to the advertising sales deadlines published in our Media Planner (http://www.electroiq.com/advertise.html).
All articles will be edited according to our internal procedures. Any major queries or problems will be returned to the author.
Please send proposal for features, columns and blogs to Pete Singer, Editor-in-Chief ([email protected]).
Thanks for the interest and I look forward to working with you.
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Kidd is the overzealous detective who operated out of the Duck Village, and later Budehuc Castle. He claims to be a very skilled detective, but he overdramatizes every case he gets, turning them into much more serious cases than they need be. Specific instances include an abduction of a girl who turned out to be lost, a case of a wife eating food turned into a burglary case, and best of all, a murder case turned out to be a man asleep while doing yoga. He dislikes Arthur and newspaper reporters in general. Even with his questionable track record, after the Second Fire Bringer War, he received a contract to investigate an abduction of a lady from the 'Black Rose Society' in an obscure nation. - KoRnholio
How to Recruit: Talk to him at Duck Village's Inn. Assist him in his case.

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IWF denies wielding Pirate Bay banhammer
Mobile broadband users blockaded
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has denied involvement in blocking the Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker site, after BT mobile broadband users were told they had fallen foul of a filter against "over 18 sites".
The users were told to visit the IWF website for more information on the block. The ISP industry body curates a blocklist of URLs where indecent images of children can be found.
BT mobile broadband customers who attempted to access the Pirate Bay on Tuesday were told it had been blocked in compliance with a "new" content code, PC Pro reports. "This uses a barring and filtering mechanism to restrict access to all WAP and internet sites that are considered to have 'over 18' status," the warning said.
The warning pointed users to a page on the IWF website for more information.
A spokeswoman for the organisation however said it had played no part in blocking the Pirate Bay. "We have no role regarding peer-to-peer traffic," she said, "nor legal content such as adult material and I'm afraid the IWF cannot answer why a blocked splash page for Pirate Bay would reference our organisation."
A spokesman for BT said it did not intend to imply the IWF had applied the block. "BT and the other UK mobile operators have agreed and implemented a voluntary Code of Practice for mobile content that restricts access to content unsuitable for customers under the age of 18," he said.
"The list of sites and content that is restricted is compiled by individual operators themselves. The warning that BT provides links to the IWF website for information on the Code only."
The page BT's warning linked to on the IWF website details a voluntary mobile industry code of practice on content regulation. It is not an IWF document however, but was published by O2, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Orange, Vodafone and 3 in February 2004.
"The Code covers new types of content, including visual content, online gambling, mobile gaming, chat rooms and Internet access," it says.
BT's mobile broadband network is provided by Vodafone. Earlier this year the mobile operator also blamed its blocking of some Czech anti-censorship blogs on the IWF. They seemingly denied any involvement in that incident too.
The organisation is particularly sensitive to accusations of going beyond its remit after facing widespread criticism for blocking a Wikipedia page late last year. The action meant the encyclopedia's edit functions were inaccessible to a majority of UK internet users.
The four co-founders of the Pirate Bay were handed prison sentences and fine by a Swedish court last Friday, for copyright offences. ®


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- Also called:
- rock and roll, rock & roll, or rock 'n' roll
- Related Topics:
- rock festival
- art rock
- country rock
- doo-wop
- arena rock
What is rock music?
How did rock music influence the emergence of folk rock?
Who are some famous early rock music artists?
rock, form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s.
It is certainly arguable that by the end of the 20th century rock was the world's dominant form of popular music. Originating in the United States in the 1950s, it spread to other English-speaking countries and across Europe in the '60s, and by the '90s its impact was obvious globally (if in many different local guises). Rock's commercial importance was by then reflected in the organization of the multinational recording industry, in the sales racks of international record retailers, and in the playlist policies of music radio and television. If other kinds of music—classical, jazz, easy listening, country, folk, etc.—are marketed as minority interests, rock defines the musical mainstream. And so over the last half of the 20th century it became the most inclusive of musical labels—everything can be "rocked"—and in consequence the hardest to define. To answer the question, What is rock?, one first has to understand where it came from and what made it possible. And to understand rock's cultural significance, one has to understand how it works socially as well as musically.
What is rock?
The difficulty of definition
Dictionary definitions of rock are problematic, not least because the term has different resonance in its British and American usages (the latter is broader in compass). There is basic agreement that rock "is a form of music with a strong beat," but it is difficult to be much more explicit. The Collins Cobuild English Dictionary, based on a vast database of British usage, suggests that "rock is a kind of music with simple tunes and a very strong beat that is played and sung, usually loudly, by a small group of people with electric guitars and drums," but there are so many exceptions to this description that it is practically useless.
Legislators seeking to define rock for regulatory purposes have not done much better. The Canadian government defined "rock and rock-oriented music" as "characterized by a strong beat, the use of blues forms and the presence of rock instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, electric organ or electric piano." This assumes that rock can be marked off from other sorts of music formally, according to its sounds. In practice, though, the distinctions that matter for rock fans and musicians have been ideological. Rock was developed as a term to distinguish certain music-making and listening practices from those associated with pop; what was at issue was less a sound than an attitude. In 1990 British legislators defined pop music as "all kinds of music characterized by a strong rhythmic element and a reliance on electronic amplification for their performance." This led to strong objections from the music industry that such a definition failed to appreciate the clear sociological difference between pop ("instant singles-based music aimed at teenagers") and rock ("album-based music for adults"). In pursuit of definitional clarity, the lawmakers misunderstood what made rock music matter.


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Companies will be immune to prosecution over the death of bald and golden eagles up to a certain threshold, if that can show that they have taken measures to avoid the possible killing of birds during the planning of the project.
If this limit, which will depend of the size and location of the projects, is reached, then operators will have to show they are taking further measures to limit deaths.
A five-year permit for eagle kills has been available to energy companies since 2009, but not a single one has been taken up yet.
The move follows a $1 million settlement between Duke Energy and the Department of Justice following the energy company's admission that golden eagles and other protected birds were killed by turbines at two of its Wyoming wind farms.
The company faced the charges because it was deemed not to have given proper consideration to the risk of bird deaths when planning the wind farms.


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Top 20 Simpsons Quotes
The Simpsons first appeared in its current format in 1989. Since then it has become hugely successful and is the longest running US sitcom. It would never have lasted so long if it did not have some of the funniest writing on TV. While fans debate whether the series has gone down hill in recent series, I think we can all agree that it has given some great laugh-out-loud quotes. Here are twenty of the best.
Bart: I don't want a new dog. I want Santa's Little Helper!
Homer: Well, crying isn't gonna bring him back, unless your tears smell like dog food. So you can either sit there crying and eating can after can of dog food until your tears smell enough like dog food to make your dog come back or you can go out there and find your dog… Rats, I almost had him eating dog food.
Groundskeeper Willie: It won't last. Brothers and sisters are natural enemies! Like Englishmen and Scots! Or Welshmen and Scots! Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!
Principal Skinner: You Scots sure are a contentious people.
Willie: You just made an enemy for life!
Mr. Burns: Oooh, so Mother Nature needs a favor?! Well maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts and floods and poison monkeys! Nature started the fight for survival, and now she wants to quit because she's losing. Well I say 'hard cheese.'
Grandpa: Metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogs-head and that's the way I likes it! (In real terms, that's 0.8m per litre.)
Homer: Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals … except the weasel.
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.
Homer: I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman.
Homer: Books are useless! I only ever read one book, "To Kill a Mockingbird," and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds! Sure it taught me not to judge a man by the color of his skin… but what good does that do me?
Mr. Burns: I'll keep it short and sweet. Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. When opportunity knocks, you don't want to be driving to a maternity hospital or sitting in some phony-baloney church. [Narrows eyes] Or synagogue.
Kent Brockman: Things aren't as happy as they used to be down here at the unemployment office. Joblessness is no longer just for philosophy majors. Useful people are starting to feel the pinch.
Sideshow Bob: Your guilty consciences may make you vote Democratic, but secretly you all yearn for a Republican president to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king!
Homer: Now son, on your first day of school, I'd like to pass along the words of advice my father gave me. [Thinks of Grandpa's advice]
Young Grandpa: Homer, you're as dumb as a mule and twice as ugly. If a strange man offers you a ride, I say take it!
Homer: Lousy traumatic childhood.
Marge: Well, did you call one of your friends?
Lisa: Hah! These are my only friends [Holds up books]: grown up nerds like Gore Vidal, and even he's kissed more boys than I ever will.
Marge: Girls, Lisa. Boys kiss girls.
Rev. Lovejoy: [preaching against the Movementarians] This so called "new religion" is nothing more than a bunch of weird rituals designed to take away the money of fools. Now, let's say the Lord's Prayer 40 times, but first let's pass the collection plate.
Skinner: And, for the first time ever, our computer lab actually has a computer in it.
[Ralph is sitting at their newly installed computer]
Ralph: Hi, Lisa! Hi, Super Nintendo Chalmers! [He types "cat," which prompts a "meow" sound from the computer] I'm learn-ding.
Lisa: Do we have any food that wasn't brutally slaughtered?
Homer: Well I think the veal died of loneliness.
[There is a fire in Principal Skinner's kitchen]
Superintendant Chalmers: Good Lord, what is happening in there?
Principal Skinner: The Aurora Borealis?
Superintendant Chalmers: The Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
Principal Skinner: Yes.
Superintendant Chalmers: May I see it?
Principal Skinner: No.
Homer: You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel.
Homer: I have three kids and no money. Why can't I have no kids and three money?
Homer: Alcohol, the cause of, and the solution to, all of life's problems.


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When you change the size of a digital file your software either adds pixels when increasing the size or removes them when making the image smaller. This scaling process is known as Interpolation and relies on Photoshop (Photoshop Elements) knowing which pixels to add or dump. There are now five methods of interpolation in Photoshop/Photoshop Elements u2013 Nearest Neighbor, Bilinear and Bicubic, with Bicubic Smoother and Bicubic Sharper which were first added in Photoshop CS and Photoshop Elements 4.0. Photoshop users can alter the default method used when changing image sizes by going to Edit > Preferences > General. Photoshop Elements users can only alter this option when scaling using the options in the Image > Size dialogue
01 The default setting used for up- or down scaling images can be altered in the Edit > Preferences > General dialogue of Photoshop. Photoshop Elements users aren't able to alter the default but can change the specific setting used in the Image Size dialogue at time of scaling. The options are:
Nearest Neighbor
offers the fastest method by copying the adjacent pixels, but results are often poor. Good for upscaling screen shots but not much else.
looks at pixels above and below plus left and right and averages out the result to give an intermediate pixel and a smooth blend.
looks at all the pixels surrounding each pixel and averages them all out to create the new ones. It then boosts contrast between each pixel to reduce softness.
Bicubic Smoother
is variation of Bicubic and is designed to be used when you enlarge the image.
Bicubic Sharper
is yet another variation of the Bicubic setting this time customised for reducing the size of photos.
In Photoshop:
Edit > Preferences > General
In Photoshop Elements:
In the latest version of the software it is not possible to change the default scale settings.


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Absolutely not. A "medical exemption" is a statement from a licensed health care provider that says a person is unable to wear a mask due to medical or mental health problems. It does not give a person permission to transmit a dangerous infectious disease to other people. Common conditions like asthma, allergies, or chronic lung disease are not valid reasons for a "medical exemption". They are actually strong reasons to wear masks as many of these chronic conditions are associated with increased risk of COVID-19 complications. People who have valid physical or psychological reasons that prevent them from wearing masks (facial deformities, panic disorders, developmental disabilities) are unable to go into places where masks are required. They should seek assistance from friends and family to help purchase essential foods and medication. Businesses are required to offer alternate ways of providing products and services such as curbside pick-up or home delivery.
Not being able to wear a mask in an occupational setting is a serious disability and prevents a person from being involved in any face-to-face encounters with customers or coworkers. Only jobs that can be performed alone in a room or outdoors greater than 6 feet away from others can be safely performed without a mask. A face shield is not a substitute for a face mask. The protective effect of a mask comes from its ability to trap respiratory droplets and aerosols ("source control"). Face shields offer good protection for the eyes but have no significant "source control" effect. We now believe that 40% or more of people who have COVID-19 have no symptoms but can still be highly infectious. This is why everyone must wear a mask while indoors or closer than 6 feet outdoors.
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No, we use the terms interchangeably.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define cloth face coverings as fabric coverings including cloth face masks, scarves and bandana coverings, or any homemade face covering made of cotton fabric.
The CDC also makes clear that cloth face coverings should:
You can find more information on the CDC's website.
Consistent use of a face mask or respirator in indoor public settings was associated with lower odds of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on February 4, 2022. Use of respirators with higher filtration capacity was associated with the most protection, compared with no mask use. Click here to read more.
Yes, private business owners have the authority to create and maintain policies that protect the health of employees and customers.
Face coverings are no longer required, however they are recommended when COVID-19 case rates are high. Check the current recommendation status by vising our case information page here.
Transparent face shields aren't a direct substitute for face coverings because they don't protect others. Droplets released when someone coughs, sneezes, or speaks can be dispersed through the sides and bottom of the shield. Shields are useful for protecting the wearer from other people's sneezes and coughs.
Yes. Face coverings should not be worn by children who are two years of age or younger, or children under the age of twelve unless supervised by an adult. Additionally, if wearing a face covering would be difficult or harmful, an individual should not do so. Examples would be someone who has a physical disability that makes it difficult to easily wear or remove a face covering; someone who is deaf and uses facial and mouth movements as part of communications; someone who has been advised by a medical professional to not wear one; or someone who has trouble breathing or cannot remove a face covering without assistance.
Members of the general public should not purchase medical grade or surgical masks at this time, as there is a serious shortage of face masks for health care workers. Medical masks should be reserved for health care providers who are on the front lines working to protect us all. Please avoid shopping for surgical, N95 respirator, or other medical masks.


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- Jinan
/jee"nahn"/, n. Pinyin.a city in and the capital of Shandong province, in E China. 1,100,000.
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or Chi-nan conventional TsinanIt dates to the Zhou dynasty (с 11th–3rd century BC) and earlier and has been an administrative centre since the 8th century BC. Nearby Mount Tai was one of China's greatest holy mountains; many Buddhist cave temples were built in the hills south of the city in the 4th–7th centuries AD. It was made the capital of Shandong under the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Opened to foreign commerce in 1904, it developed further after becoming a railroad junction in 1912. It is now a major administrative and industrial centre and Shandong's chief cultural centre, with agricultural, medical, and engineering colleges and a large university (1926).* * *
▪ ChinaIntroductionWade-Giles romanization Chi-nan , conventional Tsinancity and capital, Shandong (Shantung) sheng (province), China. It lies in the northern foothills of the Mount Tai (Tai, Mount) massif, on the high ground just south of the Huang He (Yellow River), which provides the major route along the north side of the Shandong Hills. Pop. (2002 est.) city, 2,345,969; (2007 est.) urban agglom., 2,798,000.HistoryWell-watered from natural springs, the area was settled in early times. From the 8th century BCE it was the site of Lixia, a major city of the state of Qi, which flourished in the Zhou (Zhou dynasty) period (1046–256 BCE). Later, in the 2nd century BCE, the town became the seat of Licheng county in the commandery (district controlled by a commander) of Jinan. The Chinese name Jinan ("South of the Ji") came from the Ji River, which formerly flowed along what is now the lower course of the Huang He. The seat of the commandery was shifted to the present city at the beginning of the 4th century CE.Jinan remained an important centre of administration, under various names, during the next two centuries and also became a major religious centre. Nearby Mount Tai, to the south, has long been one of China's greatest holy mountains, and from the 4th to the 7th century many Buddhist cave temples were built in the hills south of Jinan. During the Sui (Sui dynasty) (581–618) and Tang (Tang dynasty) (618–907) periods it remained a major city, under the names Qi prefecture and Jinan commandery. In 1116 it became Jinan superior prefecture, a title that it retained until 1911. Marco Polo (Polo, Marco), the Venetian traveler to China in the 13th century, visited it and described it under the name Chingli. When the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) created Shandong province, Jinan became its capital. In 1911 it became a county (under its old name Licheng), but in 1929 it was made a municipality, incorporating the old city, the modern commercial area developed after 1906, and the northern suburb of Likou.Jinan's modern growth began in 1852, when the Huang He shifted its course to the old riverbed of the Ji, just north of the city. Although the Huang He was not a major waterway, this shift provided a link, used by small craft, with the Grand Canal and the waterways of northern Shandong and southern Hebei provinces. The Xiaoqing River, flowing from Jinan to the sea south of the Huang He, was also a route for small craft. In 1904 Jinan's growing importance as a transport centre was increased when a German-built railway was completed from Qingdao (Tsingtao), which opened the city for foreign trade. In 1912 the north-south railway from Tianjin to Pukou was completed, with a rail junction at Jinan. The city rapidly became a major commercial and collecting centre for the rich agricultural region to the north. A great market for cotton, grain, peanuts (groundnuts), and tobacco, it developed a textile-manufacturing industry, flour mills, oil presses, and paper, cement, and match factories, thus becoming Shandong's second largest industrial centre after Qingdao.When Japanese influence replaced the German presence in Shandong after World War I, a sizable Japanese colony became established in Jinan. In 1928, during the Northern Expedition of the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) armies, the Japanese army intervened—ostensibly to protect their own nationals—in what became known as the Jinan (Tsinan) Incident. A sizable arsenal in the city made Jinan the object of contention between rival forces throughout the pre-World War II period. It was occupied by the Japanese from 1937 to 1945.The contemporary cityJinan was taken by Chinese communist forces in 1948. It was then rapidly developed both as a major administrative and industrial hub. The existing textile and flour-milling plants were expanded, and an important machine-building industry was developed. By the early 1970s Jinan had become one of the main centres of China's automotive industry, manufacturing a wide range of heavy trucks and earth-moving machinery. In the late 1950s Jinan became the site of a major iron and steel industry, producing pig iron, ingot steel, and finished steel. It also developed a large chemicals industry.Jinan is the chief cultural centre in Shandong, with agricultural, medical, and engineering colleges and several universities—notably Shandong University (1901). There are also many relics of Jinan's historical importance. The surrounding area has many well-known sites of natural beauty. Mount Tai, designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987, is one of China's main tourist attractions.* * *
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The 2014 Evoque is very much like the one that scored style points following its 2012 introduction, including North American Truck of the Year honors. But there's one key distinction: The 2012 Evoque apportioned power to its wheels via a six-speed automatic transmission. The ZF automatic in the 2014 model adds three more cogs, spreading the power with nine forward gears.
With no change in output from the Evoque's 2.0-liter turbo four (240 horsepower, 250 lb-ft of torque), what would you expect from this upgrade? Improved EPA fuel economy ratings? Check. Improved real-world fuel economy? Hmm. Improved performance? Not so much.
The Mass Factor
In our March 2013 issue, the six-speed Evoque squared off against an Audi Q5 2.0T and BMW X3 xDrive28i in a battle of entry-luxury compact SUVs. It did not prevail against the Teutons, but its acceleration times were competitive. Oddly, the 2014 Evoque wouldn't have fared so well. Despite the new nine-speed and a shorter final-drive ratio, this Evoque is a smidge slower in every giddyup data point—6.9 seconds to 60 versus 6.6, 5.3 seconds 50–70 versus 4.7, and 15.4 seconds at 91 mph in the quarter versus 15.1 at 92.
So what's the problem? Could it be curb weight? Very possibly. At 4117 pounds, the 2014 Evoque we tested is 105 pounds heavier than the 2013 model that previously graced our scales.
The nine-speed does give the new Evoque an advantage in the EPA's testing cycle, where it's rated at 21 mpg city, 30 highway. The EPA predicted 20/28 for the 2013 model. However, we logged just 19 mpg with the 2014 Evoque, versus 22 in the comparo. We attribute this disparity to our thorough exploration of the nine-speed's operating parameters.
Kudos and Quirks
The new transmission may have more gears, but that alone doesn't guarantee drive-quality improvements. Unhappiest of its traits is a reluctance to kick down several ratios when the driver nails the accelerator. This isn't an issue in normal cruising; under part throttle, the transmission upshifts and downshifts almost imperceptibly, easily handling hills and downgrades in stride. But when the driver demands big passing power, entailing multiple downshifts, the nine-speed takes its sweet time acting on the order. The net result is a considerable lag in response, not what you want for back-road passing situations.
Employing the paddle shifters eliminates this problem. Shift time isn't as instantaneous as some of the top dual-clutch systems, but it is quick enough to satisfy most. However, unless the dial-a-gear shift selector is in Sport mode, the transmission's brain simply ignores commands from the paddles. Also, the nine-speed will automatically upshift about 500 rpm short of redline.
On the upside, in addition to smooth operation in ordinary use and improved EPA mileage ratings, the new ZF box employs every cog that's in there, up to and including ninth. This hasn't been true of other nine-speeds we've encountered (read: Jeep Cherokee), where ninth simply refused to engage. At 80 mph in top gear, the Evoque's turbo four is pulling a thrifty 2000 rpm.
Zigs, Zags, and dBA
We dinged last year's Evoque for excessive interior noise and a comparatively flinty ride. Although the 2014 Evoque would still be a little louder inside than its 2013 comparo rivals, it's quieter in every measurement—idle, wide-open throttle, 70-mph cruise—than before. The magnetorheological dampers take the hard edge off broken and otherwise demented pavement without compromising the Evoque's eager responses.
The 2013 Evoque exhibited a fair amount of body roll, and that's true of the 2014 version. However, a short wheelbase; tidy dimensions; and quick (2.5 turns lock-to-lock), accurate electric power steering—augmented in the new version by an active four-wheel-drive system that includes torque biasing and vectoring—make the Evoque gratifyingly quick on its feet. With its hefty forward weight bias and other SUV attributes, the Evoque's ultimate handling trait is resolute understeer. Nevertheless, it's the handiest of the small luxo-utes. And in the context of the competition, let us not forget that the Evoque can boldly go on unpaved terrain that would leave many others high-centered and summoning help.
We weren't impressed by the stopping distance of the 2014 model—178 feet from 70 mph, compared to 165 for the 2013 test—but this may be a function of our test unit's SUV-appropriate Pirelli all-season rubber. On the plus side of the ledger, the brake system provided excellent pedal feel, was easy to modulate, and was utterly fade-free.
Elements of $tyle
The Evoque's interior space hasn't been met with much enthusiasm from the Car and Driver staff. The modest exterior dimensions equate to modest cargo space. In addition, rear seat comfort was a distant third in our 2013 comparo, ergonomics scored low, and some found the front seat space a little confining. On the other hand, the Evoque's front buckets are sporty, supportive, and widely adjustable: Fit and finish are first-rate, and the interior design, like the exterior, is nothing if not stylish.
That style was amplified in our test vehicle by a Dynamic Premium package, which includes perforated leather seats with contrasting stitching. While we could wish for a bigger dashboard center display screen, the Evoque's well-kitted cabin is likely to reinforce the owner's purchase decision with every buckle-up.
But even as the bottom rung of the Range Rover product ladder, the Evoque's high style has a high price tag. The Dynamic Black Edition package (black-finish skid plates, Range Rover lettering on the hood and tailgate, exhaust tips, spoiler extension, and 20-inch aluminum wheels, plus smoked headlights) adds $3000. The adaptive cruise control adds $1295; Zanzibar exterior paint (a coppery color that may or may not occur in Zanzibar), $950; contrasting black roof, $650; gloss black strata, $350; and Ebony headliner, $275.
But the big hit to the sticker was the $15,200 Dynamic Premium package, which brought our test vehicle's total to $63,715. Besides the fancier heated leather seats with power lumbar and memory, it includes a panoramic sunroof; navigation; surround vision; a 17-speaker, 825-watt Meridian audio system; fog lights; a power tailgate; a heated leather steering wheel; adaptive xenon headlights with power washers; a black grille; side vents; mirror caps; and aluminum-clad foot pedals.
There's no question that when it comes to style, the Evoque makes a strong statement. Its high fashion makes it easier to overlook weak points, such as the mailbox-slot rear window. But the bottom line here—$63,715—does raise a question: Just when does the stylistic cost-benefit ratio get out of whack? That's between you and your accountant.


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Have you seen the movie where Angelina Jolie was Lara Croft? Yes, Tomb Raiders.
Now, this is for real! Tomb raiders have dug up more than 100 graves at a cemetery in Benin Republic since Saturday for what authorities suspect is a black-market trade in human organs and skulls for voodoo ritual fetishes.
The incident is the most serious case of grave-robbing in the West African state, the world capital of voodoo where most of the country's 9 million residents practice a benign form of the official religion.
Authorities in Dangbo, a village 10 km (6 miles) from the capital Porto-Novo, began an investigation after a mason working at the cemetery said he spotted several masked men digging up the graves, from which organs and skulls were removed.
"The desecration of graves is about money in this region," said Joseph Afaton, director of the cemetery. "It is for sacrifices, or for bewitching."
Body parts of humans and rare animals are prized by some people in central Africa for their supposed supernatural powers, and are used in occult ceremonies. Traffickers often obtain human remains from grave robbers, but a recent spate of killings has also been linked to the gruesome trade.
Authorities in Cameroon in September arrested five people suspected of trafficking human body parts after they were discovered at a checkpoint carrying a severed human head.


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Yields 8-10
2 cups salted pretzels, lightly broken
2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
7 tablespoons granulated sugar
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1/4 cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
4 cups heavy cream, chilled, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups pineapple juice
1 (6-ounce) box strawberry-flavored powdered gelatin mix
2 cups frozen chopped strawberries, thawed
1-ounce piece semisweet chocolate bar, for shaving
Special Equipment: Stand mixer or electric hand mixer
Directions for the Strawberry and chocolate jiggle fluff pie
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
In a 13 by 9-inch pan, add the pretzels, butter, and 2 tablespoons sugar. Stir to combine. Press mixture into the bottom of the pan and bake 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
In a stand mixer or a medium bowl, add the cream cheese, 2 tablespoons sugar, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and beat until well blended. In a clean bowl, combine 2 cups of the heavy cream, vanilla, 1 tablespoon sugar, and a pinch of salt and beat until soft peaks form. Gently fold the whipped cream into cream cheese mixture and spread it evenly over the cooled pretzel crust.
Add the pineapple juice to a small pot over medium-high heat, and bring to a simmer. Remove from the heat, add the gelatin powder and stir to dissolve. Add the strawberries and let mixture come to room temperature or quick chill it over a bowl filled with ice water while whisking. Pour the gelatin mixture over cream cheese layer and refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
Whip the remaining 2 cups of heavy cream with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. When the strawberry gelatin layer is set, smooth the whipped cream over the top and sprinkle evenly with chocolate shavings. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.


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The first layer of SemanticWebArchitecture consists
of basic facts like "The sky is blue" written
for machine consumption as logical formulas.
For noun phrases ("terms" in logic-speak) we
can use
- URIs somewhat like proper names,
- BlankNodes somewhat like the pronoun "something"
- strings and other literal expressions
The WebOnt and RDFCore WGs are all snarled up over the details of using XML language tags in text values, and the details of integrating text values with datatype expressions. Discuss. ;-)
seems somebody independently started RdfCoreXmlLiteral. PPR:RefactorMe.
For exampleFootNote(using ShorthandRDF):
<theSky> <color> _:something. _:something <colorName> "blue".
String literals can be qualified by language tag. But
what does that mean, formally?
rdfms-xmllang/test007a.nt from RDF test cases
shows that a string
tagged as french is distinguishable from a string tagged
as english; i.e. it's not specified to denote the same thing:
<http://example.org/node> <http://example.org/property> "chat"@fr .
does not entail
<http://example.org/node> <http://example.org/property> "chat"@en .
The relationship between plain literals and strings of type
XML Schema string is interesting...
_:x rdf:value "abc".
_:x rdf:value "abc"^^xsd:string.
catalog:productDescription rdf:type owl:FunctionalProperty; rdfs:comment """it's important that various copies and parts of this sort of product catalog describe products consistently""". <#item1> catalog:productDescription "
nifty doodad
"^^rdfs:XMLLiteral. <#item1> catalog:productDescription "
nifty doodad
"^^rdfs:XMLLiteral.
is that an inconsistency? Note that RDF entailment and OWL consistency
are parmeterized by a set of datatypes; with the rdfs:XMLLiteral datatype
in the set, this is consistent; the objects of both triples denote
the same value. hmmm... it's consistent, i.e. satisfyable, even
without that datatype. Hmm... need a better test case after all.
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We can also use datatype expressions (a limited form of FunctionalTerm), but those are built from URIs and text values.
Fodder, newest first:
- 20 Mar 2003: WebOnt telcon record, including datatype decision and my action to get review of it
- Feb 28 2003 just strings, please
- RDF core issues: charmod-literal, etc.
- Jan 2003 ISSUE: XMLLiteral and xml:lang raised in WebOnt
- May 2002: 5.8 Datatypes WebOnt issue raised: XMLLiteral, etc.
- IESG note on human text vs. protocol strings (LinkMe)
- RDF '99 spec, esp section 7.5. Values Containing Markup
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BERLIN – Merchants with sidewalk signs may have to make some changes in how they advertise their businesses after the Berlin Historic District Commission (HDC) determined only one of those merchants has the proper permit.
"We're suggesting sidewalk signs not be allowed," said Bob McIntosh, HDC chair, to the Berlin Planning Commission.
Roughly 13 sidewalk signs, also called A-frame or sandwich signs, are put out most days in downtown Berlin, but only one has the necessary permit from the HDC.
According to the code, sidewalk signs must be placed in front of the business in question and not used to advertise businesses on the side streets. Cam Bunting, whose real estate office lies on Broad Street off Main St., just purchased such a sign to direct customers to her location. "I need some way to direct traffic to my business," she said. "The merchants do need the A-frames."
Planning Commissioner Joe Hill agreed, saying, "They are important to certain businesses like Ta Da and Bruder Hill."
McIntosh said the signs are unsightly and pointed out the sidewalks are not wide enough. "It junks up the town. We'd like to have it prohibited," he said.
The town needs to get serious about cleaning up, Planning Commission Chair Pete Cosby said.
"Let's get the streets looking right. Get rid of the sign clutter," said Cosby.
McIntosh suggested adding off Main St. merchant signs to the Victorian light poles downtown.
"If we can put [the signs] on the pole, I'm for that," Bunting said.
Resident Ed Hammond said Berlin must be careful with its appearance.
"When the town starts to look like every other fixed up Mother Goose Disneyfied town, you'll have destroyed what some of us in town have tried to achieve," said Hammond, who suggested requiring three different store advertisements on one sign or checking on how signs were displayed in 1890.
Cosby said there are many issues to consider. "There are a lot of things to be decided," Cosby said. "We don't want the town to look like every other cutesy town that's being redone."
The planning commission concluded it would ask the Commercial District Managing Authority to come up with some ideas on the sidewalk signs.
"If it becomes a problem we'll just enforce the code and it'll become burdensome on them," Cosby said.
The town already has a comprehensive sign ordinance, said planning consultant Tim Bourcier.
"Maybe we need to get that ordinance brushed up," Cosby said.


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As the spotlight is thrown back on the euro zone crisis amid a political stalemate in Italy, investors are scrambling for beaten-down safe havens, scooping up gold and the yen which have fallen sharply in recent months.
The traditional safe haven assets saw a broad rally during Monday's New York session. The yen strengthened more than two percent against the dollar, changing hands at 90.85 at one point, while gold prices added one percent, and extended the gains in Tuesday's Asia session to $1,598 per ounce, or a gain of 2.5 percent from lows hit earlier this month.
(Read More: Gold Ends Below $1,587 Amid Italy Election Drama)
According to Andrew Su, CEO at Australian brokerage Compass Global Markets, gold's safe haven status is back.
"Over the past year, gold has only moved in reaction to expectation of quantitative easing, but historically it has reacted to everything from conflict, political turmoil and falling share markets," Su said. "Only this week it has started to rally on the back of negative developments out of Europe. We see gold's safe haven status coming back to the fore."
Italian elections at the weekend left no party in the majority, stoking concerns a political deadlock could threaten the country's economic reforms. The outcome triggered a selloff in the global markets. The S&P 500 fell 1.83 percent on Monday, while Tokyo's Nikkei was down more than 2 percent Tuesday, and European shares are set for a sharp decline after Monday's hefty losses. The VIX index - a broad measure of volatility in markets, has spiked some 58 percent over the past week.
(Read More: Global Markets Fear Italian Hung Parliament)
The political stalemate has become the latest market risk, adding to the increasing jitters surrounding the U.S. government's spending cuts, which will kick off on March 1.
According to Su, these two events mean further upside to bullion, which he predicts could rally over the course of the year.
"If gold stays above the important technical level of $1,530 over the next few weeks then it could go to $1,900 over the next few quarters," he said.
Gold has been steadily falling from a peak of just under $1,800 in October last year, after regulatory filings showed major gold investors, including George Soros, were selling out of the precious metal in the final quarter of 2012 over fears of a bubble.
(Read More:
George Soros, Pimco Turned Bearish on Gold
But Tony Farnham, economist at Paterson's Australian Stockbrokers, said the recent gold rally will be short-lived due to the absence of the real fundamental drivers of a rally in the precious metal.
"Yes it's true that when volatility increases people always look to gold. But the strong U.S. dollar is cramping the ability for investors to buy it at the moment," he said.
The Yen
The resurgence in the yen overnight is also evidence of investors fleeing for safety, Su said. The currency has weakened some 12 percent against the U.S. dollar this year, beaten down by Japan's radical reflationary policies to kick start the economy, making it the world's worst performing major currency.
But investor panic over the contagion impact of the revived euro zone crisis and the upcoming U.S. spending cuts could bring back appetite for the currency.
"The yen is another safe haven trade that has proved popular over the past few days," said Compass Global Markets' Su.
"Our scenario is that as Europe and U.S. economies worsen, and as the tensions between China and Japan over the East China islands resurface - this will prompt a rapid fall in the dollar/yen below 90 to 85. Investors have been fooled by the influence of the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Every major intervention in the past couple of years by the BOJ to weaken the yen has eventually failed as global factors dominate," he added.


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Langue: en
Version: 14 July 1991 (fedora - 04/07/09)
Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)
ppmdither - ordered dither for color images
[-dim power]
[-red shades]
[-green shades]
[-blue shades]
This program is part of Netpbm(1).
ppmdither reads a PPM image as input, and applies dithering to it to reduce the number of colors used down to the specified number of shades for each primary. The default number of shades is red=5, green=9, blue=5, for a total of 225 colors. To convert the image to a binary rgb format suitable for color printers, use -red 2 -green 2 -blue 2.
You can do another kind of dither -- Floyd-Steinberg -- with pnmquant or pnmremap.
- -dim power
The size of the dithering matrix. The dithering matrix is a square whose dimension is a power of 2. power is that power of 2. The default is 4, for a 16 by 16 matrix.- -red shades
- The number of red shades to be used, including black; minimum of 2.
- -green shades
- The number of green shades to be used, including black; minimum of 2.
- -blue shades
- The number of blue shades to be used, including black; minimum of 2.
pamdepth(1), pnmquant(1), pnmremap(1), ppm(1)AUTHOR
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Contenus ©2006-2024 Benjamin Poulain
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— A former Air Force barrack turned bar that counted astronauts among its regular patrons will close next month after more than three decades serving the NASA community in Houston. "The Outpost is closing... and this time, it is for good," wrote owner Stephanie Foster in a note added Tuesday to the Webster, Texas tavern's website. "All-in-all, you must admit that it has been an interesting and fun run for this little bar." The "little bar", located just down the road from NASA's Johnson Space Center, has been a landmark for space history enthusiasts, in part for what its patronage have left behind: the Outpost's walls are lined in space memorabilia ranging from astronaut autographed photos to posters and decals. The bar's atmosphere, which brought in a stream of space program veterans, also attracted stars. The 1997 comedy "Rocketman" released by Walt Disney Pictures filmed a scene at the Outpost, but the bar's most famous cameo came three years later with Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones in the Warner Bros. film "Space Cowboys." From barracks to a bar
The Outpost did not start out as an astronaut hangout but rather a bunk for pilots. "The history of the building itself is unique," the tavern's website explains, "it began life as a World War Two Air Force barracks at the nearby Ellington Air Force Base before being moved to its present location in 1965 to serve as a barbecue shack." The bar first began to attract the NASA crowd as "Fort Terry's The Universal Joint" until it was sold in 1980 and opened the next year as the Outpost. "I was about eleven-years old when the [bar] first opened as 'The Outpost,'" wrote Foster. "And now I have two kids and just celebrated my something-ith-birthday. Some who have been coming in have been there for longer, since it was Fort Terry's. You know who you are!" The Outpost came close to permanently shutting its doors in 2000 when its grill -- used to cook burgers and freshly cut fries -- was deemed unsafe by the fire marshal. With bills mounting and other utilities breaking down, the future of the Outpost looked bleak. A community-driven "Save the Outpost" campaign raised the funds for renovations, including a new grill, and the bar resumed full service in Feb. 2001. The barn-like building was threatened once more in 2005 when on Jan. 28, an electrical short in the Outpost's neon sign began a fire burning through the roof. Once again the community responded, and the Outpost reopened only a week later. "[We] have kept the Outpost Tavern going for the last thirty years, it has stayed open," Foster wrote. "Good or bad, whatever anyone thinks of how we did it, we kept it open for you!" Closing their way "Like many good things in life, sometimes 'we' are not in charge," Foster explained on the Outpost's website. The land on which the tavern stands has been sold, which left the fate of the Outpost uncertain. "Rather than wait, wondering when or if someone would come in and say 'get out by Friday,' I would like to give everyone notice that in January, we close," said Foster. "This way, we can enjoy the place a while longer, and make plans on how to save what we can," she continued. "I would rather have the Outpost close my way, instead of having someone shut us down one day without so much as a 'fare-well.'" Continuing in the spirit of the NASA parties and gatherings that were held at the bar over the past three decades, the Outpost plans to go out with a bash. "To end the Outpost Tavern, we will have one hell of a blow-out thirtieth anniversary party," concluded Foster's note. "Hope everyone can attend!" Return to collectSPACE for coverage of the Outpost as it closes, including what will become of its memorabilia.


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Rating: 7.7
Plot Summary:
Thirteen Reasons Why, based on the best-selling books by Jay Asher, follows teenager Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) as he returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers a group of cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) -his classmate and crush-who tragically committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah unfolds an emotional audio diary, detailing the thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, Thirteen Reasons Why weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect viewers.
Director: Brian Yorkey
Running time: 1h
Genre: Drama,Mystery
Release date: TV Series (2017–2020)
Cast: Dylan Minnette, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe, Brandon Flynn, Miles Heizer, Ross Butler


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11 Brasserie at No 11 is a stylish, Scottish restaurant in the classical setting of a Grade 'A' listed Georgian townhouse, on Brunswick Street in the heart of Edinburgh. Ideally located for the Edinburgh Playhouse, 11 Brasserie @ No 11 has a classic wooden decor and inviting, comfortable seating. The relaxed, welcoming ambience of the restaurant make it the perfect venue for friends to catch up over a light lunch or fine dining evening meal.
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PHONE HACKS: A Guide To The News Corp. Scandal
Written by Media Matters Staff
The News Corporation phone hacking and bribery story has brought down executives, reporters, editors, and government officials. Here is a list of arrests, convictions, firings, suspensions, and resignations that have occurred during the scandal.
James Desborough
Greg Miskiw
Stuart Kuttner
Matt Nixson
Les Hinton
Rebekah Brooks
Andy Coulson
Neil Wallis
Paul Stephenson
John Yates
Tom Crone
Lon Jacobs
Glenn Mulcaire
Ian Edmondson
Clive Goodman
Neville Thurlbeck
Sean Hoare
James Weatherup
Dan Evans
James Desborough
Job At News Corp.: Showbusiness and news reporter, News of the World, 2005-2009; U.S. editor, News of the World, 2009-2011
Status: Arrested, 8/18/11
What Happened:
"British police investigating a phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's defunct News of the World have arrested a senior Hollywood reporter at the tabloid, James Desborough, a source with knowledge of the situation said. Police said they had arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications after arriving at a south London police station Thursday morning by appointment. Desborough joined the News of the World in 2005 as a showbusiness and news reporter and was promoted to become U.S. editor, based in Los Angeles, in 2009. He worked for the News of the World up until it closed last month. The Guardian newspaper's website said the allegations were believed to relate to events before Desborough was sent to the United States." [Reuters, 8/18/11]
Greg Miskiw
Job At News Corp.: News Editor, News of the World
Status: Reportedly arrested, 8/10/11
What Happened:
"A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of phone hacking, Scotland Yard has said. The BBC understands he is former News of the World news editor, Greg Miskiw. He was arrested by officers from the Met Police's hacking investigation, Operation Weeting, after visiting a police station by appointment. ... Former news editor Mr Miskiw is the 12th person arrested and is being held on suspicion of unlawful interception of communications and conspiring to intercept communications." [BBC, 8/10/11]
Stuart Kuttner
Job At News Corp.: Managing Editor, News of the World, 1987-2009
Status: Arrested, 8/2/11
What Happened:
"Stuart Kuttner, the public face of the News of the World and its most vocal public defender for 22 years, has been arrested by police investigating allegations of phone hacking and of bribing police officers to leak sensitive information. ... Kuttner is believed to have been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977, and on suspicion of corruption contrary to the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906. They are the same allegations that Rebekah Brooks, the former News of the World editor and ex-News International chief executive, faces since her arrest last month. When Brooks faced a Commons culture, media and sport select committee hearing last month, she told MPs that payments to private investigators were the responsibility of the paper's managing editor's office." [The Guardian, 8/2/11]
Matt Nixson
Job At News Corp.: Features Editor, News of the World, 2005-2006; News Editor, News of the World, 2006-2011; Features Editor, The Sun, 2011
Status: Fired, 7/21/11
What Happened:
"Matt Nixson, features editor at The Sun, maintains his innocence, but reports say he has been let go because of evidence from emails that he knew something about phone hacking. News Corp. has issued a statement saying that Nixson was dismissed in relation to 'previous work' at News of the World." [Reuters, 7/21/11]
"It is reported that Nixson, who now worked as a features editor at The Sun, was marched from his desk at the company's Wapping HQ by security staff." [The Daily Mail, 7/21/11]
Les Hinton
Job At News Corp.: Executive chairman of News International (News Corp.'s British newspaper group), 1995-2007; CEO of Dow Jones, 2007-2011
Status: Resigned, 7/15/11
What Happened:
"Hinton was chairman of News International, the UK newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's empire, from 1995 to 2007 - the period in which much of the phone hacking was done by the News of the World. He has been accused of giving misleading information to parliament on two occasions, in 2007 and 2009, by saying there was no evidence of widespread malpractice within the company." [The Guardian, 7/15/11]
"Debonair and unflappable, former journalist Les Hinton served as Rupert Murdoch's consigliere for over a decade, smoothing the ruffled feathers of the rich and powerful whenever they were on the receiving end of stories published in News International's stable of titles." [The Guardian, 7/8/09]
"Les Hinton, the top executive of Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones & Co, resigned on Friday after becoming a target of criticism for the phone-hacking scandal that occurred when he oversaw News Corp's British newspapers. [Reuters, 7/15/11]
Rebekah Brooks
Job At News Corp.: Editor of News of the World, 2000-2003; editor of The Sun, 2003-2009; CEO of News International, 2009-2011.
Status: Resigned, 7/15/11; Arrested, 7/17/11
What Happened:
"Rebekah Brooks, a top executive in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media empire before resigning Friday in the wake of a phone hacking scandal, was arrested Sunday by Scotland Yard in a broadening probe into illicit newsgathering. Police confirmed a 43-year-old woman was taken into custody Sunday on charges of conspiring to intercept communications and on corruption allegations, a reference to bribes made to police officers for news tips. Widespread British media reports identified the woman as Brooks, making her the highest-ranking News Corp official yet to be arrested in the case." [The Washington Post, 7/17/11]
"Rebekah Brooks, former editor of the News of the World tabloid, resigned Friday as head of the British newspaper division of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, saying she had become a focal point of the scandal in a way that was jeopardizing the company. ... Rising to the post of chief executive of News Corp.'s British operation, Brooks has long been one of Murdoch's favorites, a woman with trademark flaming red hair whom he once described as like a 'daughter.' She headed News of the World from 2000 to 2003, a time when the paper allegedly routinely used illegal phone hacks to gather insider tidbits from both celebrities and ordinary citizens, going as far as to interfere in a police investigation of a young girl who was kidnapped and killed in 2002." [The Washington Post, 7/15/11]
"Pressure has intensified on 43-year-old Brooks to stand down since the hacking scandal re-erupted following the Guardian's disclosure on 4 July that private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, working for the News of the World, allegedly hacked into Dowler's mobile phone between her disappearance and the discovery of her body in 2002." [The Guardian, 7/15/11]
Andy Coulson
Job At News Corp.: Deputy editor of News of the World, 2000-2003; Editor of News Of The World, 2003 - 2007
Job In Government/Politics: Director of communications for the Conservative Party, 2007 - 2010; Director of communications for Prime Minister David Cameron, 2010 - 2011
Status: Resigned from News of the World, 1/26/07; Resigned from government, 1/21/11; Arrested, 7/8/11
What Happened:
"He became deputy editor of the News of the World in 2000, acting as a tough and disciplined lieutenant to Rebekah Brooks. In a hearing before a parliamentary committee in 2003, the more freewheeling Mrs Brooks admitted that News International had at times paid police officers for information. A stony-faced Coulson quickly shut down the line of questioning. He succeeded his flame-haired mentor, and close friend, later that year and presided over the paper until 2007. While allegations of phone hacking had rumbled quietly for years, they crashed into the public eye with the conviction of the paper's royal correspondent Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire. He quit in January of that year, the day convictions came through, saying he took 'ultimate responsibility' for the scandal but claimed he was unaware the hacking was taking place. But he wasn't out of a job for long. In May 2007, he was hired by David Cameron as the Conservative Party's director of communication, tasked with bringing a bit of tabloid directness to a party in need of definition." [The Telegraph, 7/8/11]
"The prime minister's communications chief Andy Coulson has resigned, blaming coverage of the News of the World phone hacking scandal. Mr Coulson said coverage had 'made it difficult for me to give the 110% needed in this role.' He faced pressure after claims about phone hacking while he was editor." [BBC, 1/21/11]
"Andy Coulson, the prime minister's former press spokesman, has been arrested and is being held in custody at a police station in south London. Scotland Yard said that at 10.30am on Friday officers from Operation Weeting - the phone-hacking inquiry - and a team investigating illegal payments to police officers within the Metropolitan force arrested a 43-year-old man who had arrived by appointment. Scotland Yard said he was being held in custody and would be questioned in connection with allegations of corruption and phone hacking." [Guardian, 7/8/11]
Neil Wallis
Job At News Corp.: Deputy editor of The Sun, 1993-1998; deputy editor of News of the World, 2003-2007; executive editor of News of the World, 2007-2009
Job In Government: Part-time strategic communications adviser for the Metropolitan Police Service, 2009-2010.
Status: Arrested, 7/14/11
What Happened:
"Neil Wallis, 60, deputy editor of News of the World when Andy Coulson was editor, was arrested on July 14 on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications. Wallis, who was previously a deputy editor of the Sun and editor of The People, became executive editor of the News of the World in 2007." [Reuters, 7/15/11]
"From October 2009 to September 2010, Wallis's part-time work at the Met involved strategic communications, advising the commissioner and the assistant commissioner, John Yates, as the force said there was no need to reopen the criminal investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World. The Guardian understands Wallis was approached to apply for the two-day-a-month contract with the Met after discussions which involved the most senior figures in the force. He was the lowest bidder after a tender process and was paid more than £1,000 a day, earning £24,000." [The Guardian, 7/17/11]
Paul Stephenson
Job In Government: Acting commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, 2008 - 2009; Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, 2009 - 2011
Status: Resigned, 7/17/11
What Happened:
"Britain's top police officer has resigned and turned on the prime minister in a dramatic escalation of the phone-hacking scandal. In a carefully worded resignation speech that appeared aimed directly at Downing Street, Sir Paul Stephenson, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the prime minister risked being 'compromised' by his closeness to former News of the World editor Andy Coulson. Number 10 stressed that David Cameron had not been pressing in private for Stephenson to stand aside. But he was caught by surprise by the attack, which came just while the prime minister was on a plane en route to South Africa. Stephenson denied that he was resigning over allegations that he accepted £12,000 worth of hospitality from Champney's health spa, focusing instead on his decision not to inform the prime minister that the Met had employed Coulson's former deputy Neil Wallis as a strategic adviser." [The Guardian, 7/18/11]
John Yates
Job In Government: Assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, 2006 - 2011
Status: Resigned, 7/18/11
What Happened:
"Met Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates has quit after growing pressure amid the phone-hacking scandal. Mr Yates checked the credentials of Neil Wallis before the Met employed the former News of the World executive, arrested last week over hacking claims." [BBC, 7/18/11]
"Mr. Yates, who was the police official in charge of counterterrorism, was asked in 2009 to determine whether to reopen an investigation into allegations that the News of the World, had regularly hacked the cellphone messages of celebrities, politicians and other public figures. He decided against reopening the inquiry, a decision that he admitted last week was the wrong one." [New York Times, 7/18/11]
Tom Crone
Job At News Corp.: "Senior lawyer who vetted News of the World stories for more than 20 years." [The Independent, 7/13/11]
Status: Reportedly left the company on July 13. "News International declined to confirm whether he resigned or was asked to leave." [The Independent, 7/13/11]
What Happened:
"The senior lawyer who vetted News of the World stories for more than 20 years has left the newspaper's publisher as the phone-hacking scandal continues to grow. Tom Crone has stepped down as legal manager of News International, which also publishes the Sun and the Times, after 26 years at the company, a source said. His main responsibility was to advise the News of World and the Sun on legal matters relating to editorial before and after publication. News International declined to confirm whether he resigned or was asked to leave." [The Independent, 7/13/11]
Lon Jacobs
Job At News Corp.: Deputy general counsel at News Corp., 1996-2004; general counsel at News Corp, 2004-2011
Status: Reportedly departed voluntarily in June 2011
What Happened:
"Lawrence 'Lon' Jacobs, the general counsel of media giant News Corp. and a close confidant to Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch, is leaving the company. Jacobs, 56, has been with News Corp. for 15 years and has served as its general counsel since 2004. He also has played a key role in several major media deals, including the company's purchase of the Wall Street Journal. 'I will always be grateful to Lon not only for his wise counsel, but for his key role in helping build News Corporation into one of the world's largest and most successful diversified media companies,' Murdoch said in statement. The departure of Jacobs comes at a crucial time for the company as it tries to clean up a legal mess in Britain having to do with an investigation into phone hacking of celebrities and politicians by News Corp.-owned newspapers. One black mark on Jacobs tenure was News Corp.'s settling a lawsuit filed against it by Valassis Communications, a coupon company that charged that the media giant was engaged in anti-competitve practices. News Corp. paid $500 million to settle the lawsuit." [LA Times, Company Town blog, 6/8/11]
"Mr. Jacobs's resignation comes at a time when News Corporation is still dealing with the repercussions of a far-reaching phone hacking operation at one of its London newspapers, The News of the World. While Mr. Jacobs is not known to have had any involvement in the matter, he was the highest ranking legal officer in the media conglomerate during a period when the subsidiary that owns The News of the World, News International, was forced to apologize and pay out settlements to celebrities and others who had their phone voice mail systems hacked." [The New York Times, 6/8/11]
Glenn Mulcaire
Job At News Corp.: Private investigator hired by News of the World
Status: Pleaded guilty, 1/26/07
What Happened:
"A private investigator in Cheam has been jailed for six months for unlawfully intercepting messages from Princes Harry and William. Glenn Mulcaire, 36, immediately issued an apology through his barrister to the royal household for the gross invasion of privacy. The former AFC Wimbledon footballer had signed a contract with the News of the World worth £104,988 for 'research and information'." [Wimbledon Guardian, 2/2/07]
"Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the centre of the News of the World phone-hacking case, passed phone intercept information to several individuals working on the tabloid's news desk, the high court heard today. The private eye - who was on a £100,000-a-year contract with the News of the World - was quoted in court documents as saying that he dealt with a number of people on the news desk at the tabloid and cannot recall precisely who received certain items of information." [Guardian, 2/18/11]
Ian Edmondson
Job At News Corp.: News of the World assistant editor
Status: Arrested in April 2011 on suspicion of conspiring to intercept phone messages
What Happened:
"April 5: Detectives arrest the News of the World's former news editor Ian Edmondson ... on suspicion of conspiring to intercept phone messages." [AFP, 7/15/11]
"Ian Edmondson, who has been suspended from active duties after allegations that he was linked to phone hacking at the News of the World, was one of Andy Coulson's inner circle of executives when David Cameron's director of communications was editor of the paper, according to a former reporter on the tabloid. As assistant editor (news), he was one of a handful of senior employees who would discuss sensitive stories privately after editorial meetings had taken place. 'You had an elite and Edmondson was definitely in on that and enjoyed being in on that,' the former reporter said. 'There would be [the editorial] conference in the morning, then the news desk would be back in [to Coulson's office] and it was discussed in privacy. Then the stories would be dished out [to reporters].' Edmondson was hired by Neil Wallis, then Coulson's deputy editor at the paper, in November 2004 as a news executive although, according to the former News of the World source, 'Edmondson reported directly to Andy because he was the editor. Wallis had a nice title and a bit of power ... but Andy was in charge of that paper.' ... Edmondson had been a reporter at the News of the World but left to take up a more senior role at the Sunday People in early 2000, before Coulson became editor in 2003. Coulson promoted Edmondson to assistant editor (news) in October 2005." [The Guardian, 1/6/11]
Clive Goodman
Job At News Corp.: Former News of the World royal editor
Status: Pleaded guilty, 2007; arrested again, 7/8/11
What Happened:
"Clive Goodman, 53, former News of the World royal editor, was arrested at his home on July 8 because of allegations that he bribed police for stories. Goodman had previously been jailed for four months in 2007 for writing stories that used information gleaned from phone hacking by private detective Glen Mulcaire." [Reuters, 7/15/11]
Neville Thurlbeck
Job At News Corp.: News of the World's chief reporter
Status: Arrested, 4/5/11
What Happened:
"[A]rrested on April 5 on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and unlawful interception of voicemail messages." [Reuters, 7/15/11]
Sean Hoare
Job At News Corp.: Former show-business reporter for News of the World
Status: Fired in 2005; Questioned by police, September 2010
What Happened:
"Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned. Hoare, who worked on the Sun and the News of the World with Coulson before being dismissed for drink and drugs problems, is said to have been found dead at his Watford home. ... 'The death is currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious. Police investigations into this incident are ongoing.' " [The Guardian, 7/18/11]
"Sean Hoare, a former reporter and onetime close friend of Coulson's, also recalled discussing hacking. The two men first worked together at The Sun, where, Hoare said, he played tape recordings of hacked messages for Coulson. At News of the World, Hoare said he continued to inform Coulson of his pursuits. Coulson 'actively encouraged me to do it,' Hoare said. Hoare said he was fired during a period when he was struggling with drugs and alcohol. He said he was now revealing his own use of the dark arts -- which included breaking into the messages of celebrities like David and Victoria Beckham -- because it was unfair for the paper to pin the blame solely on Goodman. Coulson declined to comment for this article but has maintained that he was unaware of the hacking." [New York Times, 9/1/10]
"A lawyer for Sean Hoare, a former News of the World reporter who has said he was involved in a phone hacking scandal, said that Mr. Hoare had been questioned by detectives about whether Andy Coulson, the newspaper's editor at the time, had asked him to hack phones. Mr. Coulson, now the communications director for Prime Minister David Cameron, has denied knowing anything about the hacking. After several former employees said in an article in The New York Times Magazine that phone hacking had been widespread under Mr. Coulson, Scotland Yard said it might reopen an investigation. Mr. Hoare appeared to be the first person to have been questioned in the new inquiry." [New York Times, 9/14/10]
James Weatherup
Job At News Corp.: Assistant news editor, News of the World 2004-2011
Status: Arrested, 4/14/11
What Happened:
"James Weatherup, the latest News of the World journalist to be arrested in Scotland Yard's new investigation into phone hacking, was at the heart of Andy Coulson's team when David Cameron's former media adviser was editor of the paper. He was brought back from the Sunday Mirror by Coulson in 2004 to become news editor of the News International red-top, a demanding desk job - before returning to a reporting role two years later. However, he retained his title as assistant news editor as a mark of seniority." [The Guardian, 4/14/11]
"Weatherup's arrest stunned those at the highest level of the paper. News International executives have been saying privately that they were confident Edmondson and Thurlbeck were the only staffers still working at the paper who were likely to be implicated in hacking. The Met was so determined to conceal the new direction of its investigation that Weatherup, 55, was not given notice that he was being investigated by police officers. [The Guardian, 4/15/11]
Dan Evans
Job At News Corp.: Feature writer, News of the World
Status: Suspended, April 2010; Reportedly arrested, 8/19/11
What Happened:
"The material - a high court document and a brief statement from lawyers - shows that Kelly Hoppen, an interior designer who is stepmother to the actor Sienna Miller, is suing the News of the World and one of its feature writers, Dan Evans, for 'accessing or attempting to access her voicemail messages between June 2009 and March 2010'. The Guardian has previously reported that Dan Evans was suspended in April last year. Details of the case remain concealed by court orders. However, a senior News International executive has claimed that Dan Evans's defence is that he phoned Hoppen's number for legitimate reasons and accidentally accessed her voicemail when the keys on his phone got stuck." [The Guardian, 1/27/11]
"The Met also on Friday arrested a 35-year-old man, who Sky News named as former News of the World reporter Dan Evans, on suspicion of phone hacking. He has been released on police bail." [The Guardian, 8/19/11]


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This 1972 Fender Montego II archtop was designed by Roger Rossmeisl of Rickenbacker fame. In 1962, Leo Fender was continuing to devise ways to expand his company's line of
This 1972 Fender Montego
II archtop was designed
by Roger Rossmeisl of
Rickenbacker fame.
In 1962, Leo Fender was continuing to devise ways to expand his company's line of musical instruments. Since Fender had revolutionized the solidbody electric guitar in the '50s, he was hoping to do the same with acoustic guitars in the '60s. He hired a German-born guitar maker, Roger Rossmeisl, to help design and execute these guitars. Rossmeisl had come to the United States in the late '40s hoping to build guitars for Gibson. After a brief, unsuccessful stay in Michigan, he moved to California, and contributed to Rickenbacker's most enduring electric-guitar designs before moving on to Fender.
Rossmeisl continued working at Fender Musical Instruments after its sale to CBS in 1965. He designed not only acoustics, but also the Coronado semi-acoustics and Tele Thinlines. In 1968, CBS gave him the go-ahead to design two high-end archtop electric jazz guitars: the LTD and the Montego. The LTD was supposed to be the ultimate jazz archtop and meant to rival John D'Angelico's masterful instruments. It had a carved spruce top, gold hardware, and one hum-cancelling pickup. The Montego was a step below with a pressed spruce top and chrome hardware. It was available in both single- and dualpickup versions. Only a small number of these guitars were made between 1968 and 1972—about 40 LTDs and less than 100 Montegos. The Montego II pictured here has a hand-signed label numbered 92.
1. Australian mother-of-pearl decorative inlays and binding add elegance to the Montego's large
headstock. 2. The hand-signed label indicates this guitar was number 92 of less than 100 ever made.
3. The simple, yet stately Montego tailpiece.
According to the 1969 Fender catalog: "A magnificent instrument for the professional or serious musician, the Montego combines both beauty and performance in a high-quality, great-sounding guitar."
As listed in the 1972 catalog, the Montego's specs included an "elegantly contoured spruce top, specially designed pickups with handwound hum-cancelling coils— totally shielded from outside interference, genuine hand-cut Australian mother-of-pearl decorative inlays, and the finest materials and workmanship employed throughout."
The Montego's detachable neck is made of hard-rock maple topped with a curved ebony fretboard, and its body boasts an arched spruce top with flamed maple back and sides. The 1972 Fender price list shows a Montego II Sunburst at $850, plus $95 for a case. The current 2012 market value is $2,500.
The sources for this article include Fender: The Golden Age 1946–1970 by Martin Kelly, Terry Foster, and Paul Kelly; The Rickenbacker Book: A Complete History of Rickenbacker Electric Guitars by Tony Bacon and Paul Day; Fender: The Sound Heard 'Round the World by Richard R. Smith; and The Fender Book: A Complete History of Fender Electric Guitars by Tony Bacon and Paul Day.
Original price: $850 in 1972, plus $95
for hardshell case
Current estimated market value: $2,500
Dave 's Guitar Shop
Dave Rogers' collection is tended by Laun Braithwaite and Tim Mullally and is on display at:
Dave's Guitar Shop
1227 Third Street South
La Crosse, WI 54601
Photos by Mullally and text by Braithwaite.


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On the China Station
For those of you have may have been wondering where I have been, I was in Kashgar, the back of the back of beyond in deepest China, and my account of my visit (partly by rail) to this sad, unique soon-to-be-lost-forever place (which is by the way mentioned in that excellent history book 'Flashman at the Charge' by George Macdonald Fraser) can be found on the Mail on Sunday website. Please note that all Chinese names are rendered in the more easily pronounced and traditional Wade-Giles transcriptions, rather than in the weird cultural-cringe Pinyin versions, in which we are expected (for instance) to pronounce the letter 'Q' as 'ch', which nobody does, and which it would never occur to anyone to do. I'll start calling Peking 'Beijing' (and perhaps Bombay 'Mumbai' though I don't think I'll ever do that given the nasty origins of this name) when we also start calling China 'Zhongguo', Vienna 'Wien', India 'Barat', Croatia 'Hrvatska', Rome 'Roma', Warsaw 'Warszawa', Damascus 'Dimashq', Prague 'Praha' , Hungary 'Magyargorszag', Dublin 'Baile atha Cliath' (how do you pronounce that, by the way?) and Moscow 'Moskva'.
Here are a few thoughts on discussions while I was away. While I enjoyed Mr Lemon's slight discomfiture over his attempt to be clever, I would repeat my original point - which is this, and which several people seem to have missed. I don't ask anyone in this debate to do any more than to recognise that there is an argument. The one position I cannot abide is the one which says that the matter is settled, when it is not. I note I was abused even for this very modest suggestion by at east one Warmist zealot, which sums up the problem.
Somehow or other the old God argument seems to have crept in here. I do wish that people who hold strong opinions on the existence or non-existence of God would recognise that the argument cannot ever be won on facts or logic. (I know my Roman Catholic friends would disagree with this, but their proofs, while intellectually potent, would never convince a determined atheist to shift his position and serve mainly to provide reassurance to intelligent believers). The quarrel, as old as mankind, is in fact about a choice between two different sorts of universe. We can decide, by belief or unbelief, which of the two we wish to live in. What interests me is the motives (usually political, sometimes to do with personal convenience) which influence people to either deny or embrace Theism. The second order argument, as to which theistic system one embraces, is really open only to those who have decided that they prefer a created and ordered universe to an accidental and chaotic one. The Atheists must reject Christianity as well as Islam. Alas, for them, Islam responds to their rejection by ignoring them, whereas Christianity tends to retreat before them. And a weakened church laces a vacuum into which Islam can move. Result? The growing power of Islam in our society, our culture, our government, our political parties and our schools, so that an essentially Atheist state pays increasing obeisance to Islam. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the new Atheists, by attacking Christianity, are simply clearing a space for Islam to establish itself in the space they have swept and garnished.